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Untamed Land

by Mark Highberger

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-130) and index.

The History Of the Civil War In America

by John S C Abbott

A History Of the Civil War In the United States

by Samuel M Schmucker

Personal Memoirs Of Us Grant In 2 Volumes

Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S Grant

by Ulysses S Grant

The Official Military Atlas Of the Civil War

by George B Davis, Leslie J Perry, Joseph W Kirkley U S War Dept

On Becoming Abraham Lincoln

by Jr John Torrey Morse

"This work contains chapters I through VII of the text portion of Abraham Lincoln by John T. Morse, Jr., from vol. 1 of 2 volumes, originally published in 1893"--T.p. verso.

The Life Of Sergeant I W Ambler

by I W Ambler

History Of the Civil War In America Comprising a Full and Impartial Account Of the Origin and Progress Of the Rebellion, Two Volume Set Heroic Deed Performed By Armies and Individuals

by John S C Abbott

The Civil War Through the Camera Together With Elson's New History In Sixteen Parts Comprising a Complete History Of the Civil War

by Henry W Elson

Account Of the Battle Of the Mine or Battle Of the Crater In Front Of Petersburg, Va, July 30th 1864 "The Fiftieth Anniversary Thereof

by Silas Stevenson

Report Of the Judge Advocate General On the "Order Of American Knights," or "Sons Of Liberty" a Western Conspiracy In Aid Of the Southern Rebellion

by J, Judge Advocate General Holt

Recollections and Letters Of General Robert E Lee, By His Son, Captain Robert E Lee

by Robert E Lee

Civil War Period Books & Ephemera

Braxton Bragg, General Of the Confederacy

by Seitz, Don C

Autograph Letter Signed on Hire of Enslaved Person.

by Thomas Taylor

[[Slavery] [African American] Thomas Taylor. Autograph Letter, Signed. [Columbus, Texas?]: January 7, 1861. Handwritten letter on gray lined paper. 20 x 23 cm. Discoloration and small splits at old folds. Writing is legible.
Mr. Taylor writes to a friend passing on word that "Mr. Shropshire requested me to let you know that he wishes the negro hire settled." Says Mr. Shropshire will be here a few days and mentions he may be in Lagrange today. There is a town named La Grange in Texas and there was a... Read more about this item

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NZ$331.93

The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders. New York Volunteers in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865

by Todd, William (of Company B)

Albany: Press of Brandow, Barton, 1886. First edition. Three-quarter leather. Published Albany: Press of Brandow, Barton, 1886. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", xv+513pp., illustrated frontis, maps and plates. Three-quater bound red leather with raised bands and gilt titles and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilting. Wear along the edges, some scuff to the leather, mild, uniform graying to paper, else very good. Clean interior, unmarked. 1st. Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket,... Read more about this item

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NZ$468.10

FELIX MOSES, THE BELOVED JEW OF STRINGTOWN ON THE PIKE [signed by Lloyd]:; Pages from the life experiences of a unique character--a man whose romantic record challenges imagination

by Lloyd, John Uri

Cincinnati: Caxton Press for the Author, 1930. Limited Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: xxix, 354; 20 plates and text illus by J. Augustus Knapp. Bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth, illus mounted on cover. Small, private bookplate on front free-endpaper. 9.75" x 6.75" This second printing, preceded by an edition of 500. was limited to 1,000 copies, On the limitation page is a six-line inscription, signed by the author at Cincinnati, March 16th, 1932. Felix Moses of Kentucky served in the Confederate... Read more about this item

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NZ$102.13

Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, Two Volumes

by Alfred H. Guernsey/Henry M Alden Alfred H. Guernsey (Co-Author); Henry M Alden (Co-Author)

Star Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Poor. Star Publishing Co., 1894. First edition thus. Poor. Volume I has detatched cover and spine cover is in pieces. Volume II covers are barely attached to the bindings. Contents of both volumes are present with some loose pages.

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NZ$134.47

The United States vs The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo, In Prize..

by Trial; Steamer Peterhoff; Betts, William Rossiter

1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner [Trial]. [Steamer Peterhoff]. Betts, Samuel R. [1786-1868]. Marvin, William [1808-1902]. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court, By Judge Betts. With an Appendix, Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin, In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, In the Cases of... Read more about this item

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NZ$1,276.65

New Bedford's Civil War (The North's Civil War)

by Earl F. Mulderink III

306 Pages. Stated First Edition.This interesting book is about the Civil War at home in New Bedford and how it affected the town. The book's dust jacket is in Fine condition with only slight soiling on it and the interior book is in Like-new condition with no visible extraneous markings, all printing in well-preserved and new condition and good and tight bindings.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and mailed right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes to you with our genuine... Read more about this item

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NZ$81.71

Memorial Badge worn by Ohio Civil War Veterans.

by [Abraham Lincoln]

[Lincoln][Ohio] Memorial Badge worn by Ohio Veterans. [Marietta, Ohio?]: [Washington County Veteran Association] [Circa 1915?] Medal. 9 cm total. Hanger is of a brass type metal with a celluloid "Member" plaque. A red, white, and blue ribbon is attached to a celluloid disk (4.5 cm) with the likeness of President Abraham Lincoln. Written around Lincoln's likeness is "Washington County, Ohio, Veterans Association - 1861 - 1865". Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. A badge worn by Union veterans who were... Read more about this item

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NZ$383.00

Handy History of Secession and Self-Government (States' Rights)..

by Broadside; Boisseau, Sterling

1929. Richmond, Va., 1929. 9" x 12" pictorial broadside. Richmond, Va., 1929. 9" x 12" pictorial broadside. A Curious Example of "Lost Cause" Propaganda [Broadside]. Boisseau, Sterling. Handy History of Secession and Self-Government (States' Rights) in the United States of America. Richmond, VA: Sterling Boisseau, 1929. 9" x 12" pictorial broadside on glossy paper, text on image of outstretched hand below headline, images of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in background. Light edgewear,... Read more about this item

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NZ$765.99

HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1862-1865

by By A Committee of the Regiment

Octavo (9 by 6 inches) Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1884. First Edition. 405 pages, "Roster and Record," index, original brown cloth binding with gold emblem on the front cover, and title in gilt on spine, both covers decorated with bands in blind, very good condition (mild shelf wear to edges, not affecting contents).

A chronicle of the IX Corps, written by seven different veterans. The name of a former owner is written in a neat hand on the front fly leaf: "Serg. John A. Fisher Northfield... Read more about this item

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NZ$280.86

1864 Lincoln Presidential Ballot

by [Abraham Lincoln]

[Civil War] [Lincoln] Ohio Union Presidential Ticket. (Election November 8, 1864.) For president, Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For vice president, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. Electors. ... [Ohio]: [No publication information] 1864. Printed sample ballot. 7.5 x 20 cm. Written on verso Drake County and J. S. Vanderburgh. Light staining. Very good.
OCLC shows 3 holdings (Cornell; Brown Univ.; & Lincoln Mem. Univ.) Ticket listing the Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln for President, and Andrew Johnson... Read more about this item

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NZ$510.66

Department directory and register of officers in the service of the United States in the city of Washington, giving their names, no. of their rooms and story in each department, salary and residence, also, an alphabetical list of all their names

by WINEBERGER, J.A. [edit.]

1861 Washington DC MAP US 36th Congress Directory America Politics Civil War
'Department Directory and Register' is a congressional directory for the second session of the 36th Congress of the United States. In addition to providing names and personal information for these American politicians, this book includes an impressive folding map of the city of Washington D.C.
Item number: #11958
Price: $499
WINEBERGER, J.A. [edit.]
Department directory and register of officers in the service of the United... Read more about this item

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NZ$849.40

The Life Record of H. W. Graber: A Terry Texas Ranger 1861-1865

by H. W. Graber

Three quarter leather and cloth, frontis., (portrait of H. W. Graber), 442 pp., preface. An extensive narratives relating to the 8th Texas Cavalry and his reminiscences of early Ellis and Dallas Counties. His experiences during the Civil War include his being wounded in Tennessee and captured, he tried to escape, and was imprisoned. Eventually he was paroled and rejoined his command in time to take part in the middle Tennessee Campaign. He returned to Texas at the end of the war after declining parole... Read more about this item

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NZ$3,404.40

Sketches from My Life

by Pasha, Admiral Hobart (Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, 1822-1886)

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. This is the scarce First American Edition. It was originally bound in the publisher's red wrappers. This copy is graded just Fair because only the spine of the wrapper is still here, i.e. both the front and back wrapper are missing. However internal condition is Very Good with all pages present and still securely sewn together (NOT glued like a modern paperback). SEE PHOTOS. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Autobiography of... Read more about this item

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NZ$255.33

Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington

by Judge, Joseph

Berryville, VA: Rockbridge Publishing Company, 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 300 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Very clean inside and out. Buff fabric covered with gilt title on spine. From the back cover: "Season of Fire is the most complete and dramatic study to date of Early's invasion of the north and battle of Monocacy--an engagement that may well have saved the Nation's Capitol from capture." Record # 30397

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NZ$20.43

Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Featuring Pro-Union and Anti-Confederate Images.

by Unknown artists

[Civil War] Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Featuring Pro-Union and Anti-Confederate Images. [No publication information] [Circa 1861-1865] Each clipped portion of a civil war cover (envelope) is approximately 8 x14 cm. Some age toning and light stains. Colors are vibrant. They do not appear to have been mailed. Very good.
Although done by private companies, these patriotic envelopes served as propaganda for the Union and were purchased by those on the home front to send to their loved ones serving in the... Read more about this item

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NZ$170.22

An Address to the Graduating Class of the Medical School in the University at Cambridge [Harvard University] on Wednesday, March 9, 1864

by Andrew, John A

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First edition. 1864 ADDRESS OF ABOLITIONIST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS INVITED BY HARVARD LUMINARIES TO GRADUATING CLASS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, EXTOLLING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MDs TO WAR EFFORT--INSCRIBED TO POPULAR CRITIC E P WHIPPLE. 9 inches tall pamphlet, gray printed wrappers, inscribed top cover, "E. P. Whipple Esq with regards of J. A. Andrew." iv, 28 pp. Soiling to covers, string binding perished, contents complete, pages unmarked, good+. JOHN ALBION... Read more about this item

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NZ$340.44

Civil War on the Texas Homefront

by S. H. Darcy

[Texas] [Civil War] S. H. Darcy. Autograph letter, signed. La Grange, Texas. June 4, 1863. To Mrs. Jones. One page. 8 x 10.5 in. Black ink on blue paper. Approximately 250 words.
La Grange, Texas, the county seat of Fayette County, was untouched by fighting during the Civil War. This letter gives an interesting view of the home front in 1863. A long discussion on getting a quantity of sugar, which would have been scarce and which "cost me by the hogshead 1 dollar a pound" but will let her have a pound... Read more about this item

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NZ$170.22

War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Series 1 Vol 23 Pt 2

Used; Very Good. 18-G-35 The National Historical Society 1985 hardcover. No dust jacket. This is Serial Number 35. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear. Book Condition; Very Good . 1985. HARDCOVER.

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NZ$42.47

Three Union Civil War Letters

by Various

[Civil War] Three Union Civil War Letters. [Circa 1861-63] Two home front letters, one with a colorful Union letter head; one mentioning the draft; with a letter from a soldier at Fort Scott about the death of his former girlfriend.
The first letter has a colorful letterhead The Young Volunteer "Bully for You" depicting a soldier with saber, in front of a canon with an American Flag. Weston [Mass.?] August 6, 1861. News of home, travel. The second letter is from a young woman on a farm to her Aunt. She... Read more about this item

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NZ$170.22

The California Column in New Mexico

by Darlis A. Miller

1982 University of New Mexico Press trade hardcover format. "First edition." appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj is remarkably clean with no wear, no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Light gold cloth covered boards clean & square. Red lettering on spine fine. Binding tight, straight & unbroken.

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NZ$170.22

1861 JEFFERSON DAVIS BALLOT

by Confederate States of America

[Civil War ][Virginia] Virginia Electoral Ticket. [Davis & Stephens] [Virginia?]: [publisher not identified]. 1861. Printed ballot for the 1861. 11 x 13 cm. Unevenly cut. Printed on blue paper. Writing on verso: "Geo. H. Thomas Congress Critcher."
OCLC shows 9 holdings (Cornell; Newberry; Boston Athenaeum; Williams Coll.; Miami Univ.; Library of Virginia; Virginia Hist. Soc.; Duke & Yale). Hummel, Southeastern Broadsides Before 1877 No. 4668. Confederate Virginia election of Jefferson Davis for... Read more about this item

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NZ$510.66

REPORTS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF FIVE

by Dawes, Howard, Cochrane, Branch and Reynolds (Us House Of Representatives)

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Front gutter has a cloth tear, with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. A few slightly age darkened pages. Front endpaper has a small mended tear. Following subjects: 1. Further provisions for the collection of duties on imports. 2. Alleged hostile organization against the government within the District of Columbia. 3. Naval Force of the United... Read more about this item

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NZ$229.80

General Order No. 55 Maintaining the Naval Blockade in Texas

by Gideon Welles

[Civil War] [Texas] Gideon Welles. General Order, No. 55. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] May 24, 1865. White printed wraps. 21 cm. One sheet folded into four leaves, printing on first two only. Two small holes in margin, not affecting the text, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this order. Signed in type: Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Andrew Johnson, President and W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State. Announcement of the order by President Johnson to end the naval... Read more about this item

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NZ$297.88

Rebels on the Rio Grande

by A. B. Peticolas

1984 University of New Mexico Press trade hardcover format. Inscribed & SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY from the author to Calvin Horn, late New Mexico State Senator & Publisher. "First edition" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protectivee sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth covered boards clean & square. Silver lettering on spine fine. Also included, Rebels on the Rio Grande bookmark/ marketing... Read more about this item

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NZ$170.22

REMINISCENCES OF THE BOYS IN GRAY - 1861-1865

by Yeary, Miss Mamie, Compiled by

Austin: Ericson, 2003. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Reprint of the first edition published in 1912. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper board. Corner bumped. 902pp., photographic reproductions, and in addition to the alphabetical memoirs of each soldier there are also these documents: Chronological List of Engagements by States, Constitution of the Confederate States and Members of the Provisional and Regular Congress of the Confederate States. Clean, no names, no writing. 4to gray cloth. A much... Read more about this item